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Ba­hami­an tourism of­fi­cials say they ex­pect the coun­try to be­come a key play­er in the rapid­ly grow­ing space tourism sec­tor, as its first in­ter­na­tion­al rock­et land­ing is set to take place on Tues­day next week, off the coast of The Ex­u­mas.

The glob­al space tourism in­dus­try, SpaceX, said that its Fal­con 9 rock­et will launch from Space Launch Com­plex 40 at Cape Canaver­al Space Force Sta­tion in Flori­da.

“About eight min­utes af­ter liftoff, Fal­con 9’s first stage will land on SpaceX’s au­tonomous drone­ship, which will en­sure en­vi­ron­men­tal safe­ty and pro­tec­tion. The drone­ship will be sta­tioned off the coast of The Ex­u­mas in the At­lantic Ocean,” ac­cord­ing to a state­ment is­sued by the Ba­hamas Min­istry of Tourism.